thank you

As often as I say it, I feel like I don't say it often enough:

Thank You.

Thank you for your effort, your insight, your willingness to risk and make mistakes and change your mind;

Thank you for your trust, for your sense of humor, for your curiosity;

Thank you for your time, for your attention, and

Most of all

Thank you for taking this learning trip with me this year.

It's been a feast of ideas.

I hope you feel like it was time well-spent.

Wishing you the best this summer and always,

Dr. Preston

no one said "have a good summer" like thoreau

finals week

The hour is upon is.  I look forward to seeing you all this week for our last conferences before we adjourn for the summer.

my learning was lit

your post will read:

"This year I learned the following terms and I applied them as I read some pretty great stuff:

allusion
plot
theme
diction
syntax
in/direct characterization
static/dynamic characters
symbolism
synecdoche
metaphor
simile

you don't have to go high-tech to tell a story

endgame

Here's what we still have on our agenda:

• DUE TODAY: Your blog post entitled, "My Learning Was Lit"
• DUE TODAY: Your journal
• DUE TODAY: Your sign-up for our finals week experience
• DUE TODAY: Your 360-degree assessment
• DUE SUNDAY NIGHT (by midnight PDT) Your super-amazing blog post in which you use color, visual imagery/ mixed media (pics, vids, animation, embedded slides, etc.) to design and present your learning journey in this course

june 1

It's June, man.

June.

JUNE.
Dude.

JOURNAL TOPIC: (do this at the end of the period)

Reflect on the year.  What will you remember from this course?

AGENDA:
1. 360 Assessment
2. Sign-ups for final
3. Journal